Raspberries don’t grow well in the Southeast because it is too warm for them to do well except in cooler areas at higher elevations, according to this recent article in Growing Produce. Fruit farmers are now experimenting with long-cane raspberries grown in tall tunnels and have grown them successfully event in the hot summer. The article describes how a North Carolina producer developed a way to grow them successfully and how he did it.

Berry grower Cal Lewis and Extension agent Lisa Rayburn produce raspberries in enclosed protective raspberry tunnels.
Photo by Simon Gonzalez.